john, please don't date me. i mean, seriously. >> you were a teenager then, maria. >> i was a puppy. i'd like to think i still am. let's talk about these results. first off, break down the numbers. how would you characterize the last quarter? >> i would characterize it as a very solid quarter in a tough market. to have 6% revenue growth in a market where many of our peers are down, negative, year over year, to have earnings growing twice as fast as revenues, record revenues, record non-gap earnings per share. we did what we said we'd do for the market. one of your colleagues and a good friend of mine, john, the gross margins were actually 62.7%. we said revenue growth four to six. we did six. earnings per share, 45 to 47. we did 48. very, very solid quarter versus both what we expected and what the market probably expected. >> but let's talk about those gross margins, john. this is really what the analysts are writing about tonight and certainly will be bringing up in your conference call. we've seen a slide in